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 Conference on Pension Reform in Serbia
24-25 September 2009, Belgrade, Serbia
The ILO, in cooperation with the Serbian government and workers' and employers' organizations, will host a Conference on Pension Reform in Serbia on 24-25 September 2009 in Belgrade to support the process to develop a policy and strategy for pension reform in Serbia. more
Tripartite Workshop on Pension System in Serbia
15-17 July 2009, Belgrade, Serbia
In order to support the process of pension reform in Serbia, the International Training Centre of the ILO is delivering a three-day workshop in Belgrade, Serbia. The workshop will focus on the key issues related to pension schemes, including the relationship between public and private pension provision, the structure of benefits, sustainable financing and governance of pension schemes.
Flyer of the training in pdf in English and Serbian
 The EU-ILO Gender Equality in the World of Work Project conducts a participatory gender audit training in Ukraine
The EU-ILO Gender Equality in the World of Work Project launched a participatory gender audit training in Kiev on 22 June 2009.
The training targets the main partner organizations of the Project representing the Ukrainian tripartite constituency in Ukraine namely: the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, the Ministry of Family, Youth and Sports; public institutions (State Labour Inspection; Public Employment Service), as well as the associations of employers’ and workers’ organizations.
Press release in English and Ukrainian
 Interactive cultural activities will mark the World Day Against Child Labour 2009 in Central and Eastern Europe
 The annual World Day Against Child Labour is marked by events in scores of countries around the world on 12 June amid growing concerns over the impact of the economic crisis on child labour, and in particular girls.
For the World Day, the ILO released a new report entitled "Give Girls a Chance: Tackling child labour, a key to the future," highlighting the exploitation of girls in child labour and warning that the crisis could force more girls out of education and into child labour.
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 ILO Training Workshop on the Employment of Persons with Disabilities
3-5 June 2009, Serbia
The training workshop was organized to increase the knowledge of social partners on diversity management, the labour aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility and the business case for employing persons with disabilities. The participants came from the representative trade unions and the employers organizations of Serbia (Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia (Catus), Trade Union Confederation Nezavisnost, Serbian Association of Employers).
Labour inspection audit in Moldova, Albania, Montenegro and Macedonia
In the framework of the Labour Inspection project, Labour Inspection Audits were carried out in Moldova, Albania, Montenegro and Macedonia in May 2009. The ILO delegation met different Labour Inspection authorities, government officials in charge of labour inspection, representatives of workers’ and employers’ organizations and visited central and regional inspectorates. As a result of the audits joint action plans will focus on strengthening labour inspectorates, training of labour inspectors, developing human resources strategies for inspectors, developing databases and strengthening institutional collaboration between relevant authorities and social partners.
New ILO report on forced labour: The Cost of Coercion
Regional Perspectives in Central and Eastern Europe
Trafficking in Europe reflect shifts in patterns of economic development and the gradual enlargement of the European Union. For example, some source countries of trafficked persons, such as the Czech Republic and Poland, appear to have become destination countries following EU membership. New EU member states in south-eastern Europe are countries of transit and destination for human trafficking. Several countries in Central and Eastern Europe have recorded a growing number of trafficking victims within their borders. more
 ILO for more effective labour dispute settlement in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Serbia
The ILO organized two training sessions on 5-6 May in Sarajevo, and on 7-8 May in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina to improve the mediation and conciliation skills of local mediators and arbitrators in amicable labour disputes settlement.
Similar training sessions were held for officials of the Agency for Peaceful Settlement of Labour Disputes in Serbia on 11-12 and 13-14 May 2009 in Belgrade.
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ILO marks its 90th anniversary with social dialogue for decent work and a fair globalization in Central and Eastern Europe
BUDAPEST (ILO News) – Amid the worst financial and jobs crisis since the Great Depression, the International Labour Organization (ILO) marks its 90th anniversary in the week of 21-28 April and in May. During this period, there was a global convergence on the common theme of social dialogue for decent work and a fair globalization in commemorative events in more than 100 countries across the world.
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In Central and Eastern Europe five high level national conferences were organized in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine in the last week of April and in May accompanied by awareness raising campaigns, presentations of ILO publications and exhibitions of the ILO's technical cooperation in Central and Eastern Europe.
Among senior officials attending these events were the President of the Republic of Albania Mr. Bamir Topi, Minister of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mr. Sredoje Novic and the UN Resident Coordinators of these countries. » more |
The World Day for Safety and Health at Work in Moldova and Serbia
 The World Day for Safety and Health at Work (OSH Day) is an international campaign initiated by the ILO to promote safe, healthy and decent work. Celebrated on April 28th, it aims to reduce the incidence of work-related accidents and diseases each year, including HIV/AIDS. The theme for the OSH Day in 2009 is: Health and life at work – A basic human right. OSH day stresses the prevention of occupational accidents and disease, and the protection of workers’ health and safety.
For this year’s celebration in Moldova the ILO National Coordinator, the ILO/GTZ HIV/AIDS project team in Moldova, together with the National Confederation of Trade Unions and Government representatives, organized two roundtables to discuss issues related to the recently adopted Occupational Safety and Health Law and its implementation; inform workers about health protection at work, and encourage employers to include HIV/AIDS prevention into existing occupational health and safety programmes.
Serbia marked together the ILO’s 90th Anniversary and the April 28 in Belgrade by a Tripartite Celebration sharing of Best Practices and ILO 90/OSH Day Posters in Belgrade Public Transport
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On the occasion of the 8th European Regional Meeting, the ILO is launching the Albanian, Romanian, Serbian and Ukrainian versions of the Decent Work Flash
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